MIHAEL PAAR RECOMMENDS
Mihael Paar wanted to make a special link page which would represent a kind of hommage to figures, institutions and places related to him. Below, therefore, you will find links towards the sites of his featured family members, his clarinet professors, schools he has the alumnus status from, institutions he holds the membership of, concert managements under which he performs as their ward, places whose citizen he is/was and Croatian highlights seen from his perspective as a patriot.
PAAR.COM
FEATURING HIS FAMILY
(HAZU - Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts - full member, University of Zagreb - Faculty of Science, guest professor at about 20 established world famed universities; one of the most frequently quoted Croatian scientists in the world; the youngest elected member of HAZU ever; one of the pioneers of the internet-era in Croatia)
(University of Darmstadt - Institute for Nuclear Physics)
(University of Zagreb - Faculty of Science)
(University of Zagreb - Faculty of Geodesy)
Clarinetists
FEATURING his mentors
(Solo clarinetist of Vienna Symphony 1972-1986 & Berlin Philharmonic 1986-1992; full professor at University Mozarteum Salzburg)
Mate Bekavac
(Laureate of Jeunessus Musicales, Dos Hermanas, Madeira, Mozarteum, Yamaha, Young Concert Artists & Eurovision Competition)
Schools
ALUMNUS
(One of the leading European music teaching institutions; organizer of SOAK - the biggest summer music academy in Europe)
(The highest music teaching institution in the Republic of Croatia with tradition dating since 1827; constituent part of the Zagreb University)
Institutions, Associations
& Societies
MEMBERSHIP
HOLDER
(The first institution in the Republic of Croatia which gathers professional musicians clarinetists)
(Main association of Croatian music artists)
(Member of related international associations with task to protect performers' rights of the performers artists in Croatia)
(Quercus - central information system of Croatian music life, collects all the relevant data about the music life in the Republic of Croatia)
(Member of Jeunesses Musicales International, promotes the interests of young musicians of all levels)
Croatian Music Institut (HGZ)
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concert managements
WARD
(Leading Croatian concert management with tradition dating since 1950s)
(Concert management of the Mozarteum School of Music)
Locus
CITIZEN
(Unique small town with rich tradition, culture & beautiful natural and historic sights)
(Capital, metropolis & centre of the Republic of Croatia)
(County "Ring", the only Croatian county with the headquarters out of its borders)
Genius Loci; Die Bühne der Welt; Mozartstadt
Fascinating Croatia
PATRIOT
(Unique fashion detail which originates from Croatian plebeian tradition; at the Paris audience with King Louis XIII, elite formation of Croatian warriors named "La royal Croate", elated the Paris King with their fashion detail, so that he named it after its people)
Glagolitic Alphabet
(Authentic Croatian script which does not resemble any of the European ones. Glagolitic alphabet is the oldest Slavic alphabet, most probably written by Constantine Cyril in 863)
(Heroic Town, Croatian Stalingrad, VukoWar - a town situated on the right bank of the Danube with more than 5000 years long history, completely destroyed in the war 1991. Regarding the extent of destruction it can be compared to Spanish Guernica in World War II)
Hvar Theatre
(The oldest town theatre in Europe which dates from 1612. is situated on the Dalmatian island (!) of Hvar. "There are buildings that are not built just for the building itself nor for the time being. Because of their importance such buildings become everlasting. Hvar Theatre is one of them." T. Kolumbić)
Pula Arena
(Roman amphitheatre whose construction goes back to 3rd century BC and it ends in 1st century AD during the reign of emperor Vespasian. It is the sixth biggest amphitheatre in the world, many say the most beautiful and the best propositioned)
Walls of Ston
(The longest preserved fortification range in the world, only Chinese Wall being longer. It encircles the town of Ston, which as early as 1581 had water-pipe and sewage system. The Walls of Ston are 5,5 km long and were built during the 14th and 15th centuries. Because of their monumentality the Walls are called the Chinese Wall of Europe)
(Hrvatsko zagorje (Croatian) is one of the two regions with the greatest concentration of castles and palaces in the world. In the territory of Hrvatsko zagorje, on the geographically relatively small area, there are numerous beautiful castles, fortifications, palaces, manors and manorial estates, all under government protection)
Golden Rat
(One of the most beautiful beaches in Adriatic Sea located in Bol of the island of Brač. With its almost half a kilometre long white peak (cape) of fine pebbles, the beach represents a natural designing phenomenon, even more so when with the wind, it moves together with the waves)
(Unique river flow which is among the three best habitats of trout in the world. Because of the excellent river properties and extremely rich nourishment, the trout in Gacka grows five times quicker than in other rivers of the karst area. No wonder the hunt measure of the trout in the Gacka is half a meter)
(One of the most beautiful towns of the Mediterranean with its rich historic central part entirely preserved. For many centuries Dubrovnik functioned as a prestigious Town-Republic being a big rival of Venice. At the peak of its powers it had 85 consulates throughout the Mediterranean and the fleet of as many as 300 vessels. It was brutally destroyed in 1991 war, despite of being under UNESCO protection)
(The best preserved Roman-gothic town in Central Europe. Not without reason, it is ornamented with an epithet "Small Venice". Trogir is a museum in the open air, entirely built of stone. Since 1997 the whole town has been in the UNESCO-register of world's monumental heritage)
(The most beautiful monument of early Byzantine art on the Mediterranean, built in the town of Poreč at the beginning of 6th century. The Basilica is richly adorned with mosaic in Byzantine style, which along with mosaics of San Vitale Church in Ravenna, presents the most distinctive example of art of mosaic in Europe. It is a zero category monument under the UNESCO protection)
Diocletian's Palace
(One of the best preserved monuments of Roman architecture in the world. It was built at the end of 3rd century as a summer residence of the Roman emperor Diocletian. There is no other historic building in the world which so perfectly fits into modern architecture. It is under the UNESCO protection, enlisted as a monument of zero category in the world's precious monumental heritage)
(St. Jacob's cathedral is unique in European architecture. It is entirely built of stone following the original method of putting up large stone slabs. This masterpiece of European architecture has been registered in the world's monumental heritage under UNESCO protection)
(Sixteen lake jewels make one of the Croatian oldest National Parks and one of the most beautiful natural sights of Europe. Together with its first hotel built as early as 1861 this magnificent world locality enjoys the highest protection of the UNESCO)